1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
Vaselesa [24]
3 years ago
14

An increasing amount of evidence suggests that being a person of color in a society filled with prejudice and discrimination tak

es a hidden toll in terms of average life span. The main concept the text uses to explain this is
A.
anger

B.
personality disorder

C.
depression

D.
stress

5 points

QUESTION 2

Individual discrimination is defined as

A.
discrimination that is inherent in the entire social system.

B.
discrimination that pervades the practices of whole institutions such as housing or medical care.

C.
discrimination that individuals practice in their daily lives usually because they are prejudiced.

D.
that targets one individual minority group but not racial or ethnic groups in general.

5 points

QUESTION 3

The text points out that most of the time whites are able to avoid unpleasant experiences such as being stopped by the police or being mistaken for a bellhop in a hotel because of their race. The text states these are examples of what social scientists commonly refer to as

A.
white privilege

B.
racial elitism

C.
white perogative

D.
racial entitlement

5 points

QUESTION 4

An ethnic group is a

A.
collection of people who share certain common physical characterisitcs

B.
a group that has been treated unfairly by society

C.
collection of individuals who are located on the same level of the social class ladder

D.
subgroup of a population with a set of shared historical, social, and cultural experiences.

5 points

QUESTION 5

According to group threat theory

A.
individuals with various problems become frustrated and tend to blame them on minority groups.

B.
prejudice arises from competition over jobs and from disagreement over political issues

C.
certain personalities, that are prone to racial and ethnic prejudice, develop in childhood in response to parents who practice harsh discipline.

D.
people who are prejudiced are merely conforming to the culture in which they grew up.

5 points

QUESTION 6

Which of the following statements concerning the changing nature of prejudice is true?

A.
Modern stereotypes about African Americans are less likely to view their poverty as due to cultural inferiority.

B.
The Nazi experience and the civil rights movement reinforced pre-existing views that whites held of African Americans.

C.
Whites are more likely than ever to view African Americans as biologically inferior.

D.
Jim Crow racism has been replaced by a more subtle form of racial prejudice termed symbolic or laissez-faire racism.

5 points

QUESTION 7

The Kerner Commission's 1968 report

A.
disproved the main propositions set forth in An American Dilemma.

B.
provided strong evidence that relations between racial and ethnic groups improved during the time period from the 1930s to the 1960s

C.
documented the unfair treatment given to Catholic immigrants in the 1950s.

D.
reminded the nation that little had been done to improve race and ethnic relations in America since the publishing of An American Dilemma.

5 points

QUESTION 8

What is the term for a concept that has no objective reality but rather is what people decide it is?

A.
social fact

B.
emergent property

C.
reality sui generis

D.
social construction

5 points

QUESTION 9

Scholars such as Elijah Anderson argue that even if a street culture or oppositional culture exists among some African Americans, it stems from the segregation and poverty that individuals face in their daily lives and and helps them deal with these difficulties.

True

False

5 points

QUESTION 10

The _________ explanation for racial and ethnic inequality states that a failure to value hard work and a lack of strong family ties account for the poverty and other problems facing minority groups.

A.
biological

B.
conflict

C.
structural

D.
cultural
Social Studies
1 answer:
s2008m [1.1K]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

c

b

d

a

a

a

b

b

b

c

Explanation:

sana makatulongggg huhu

You might be interested in
Mark each of the following statements if it is a Hebrew belief.
alisha [4.7K]
According to Hebrew beliefs, the correct answers are A. God knows all things and B. God is fair and just and cares deeply for people. He of course has expectations of people too such as to be good men, not have other gods, not steal or kill or anything similar, and others.
3 0
4 years ago
Which of the following factors all negatively affects economic growth?
BigorU [14]

Economists generally agree that economic development and growth are influenced by four factors: human resources, physical capital, natural resources and technology. Highly developed countries have governments that focus on these areas.

6 0
3 years ago
Which is not a reason why political parties began to emerge (form) in the United States? * (1) Each state had different wants an
Lina20 [59]

Answer:

(4) President Washington created the two political parties.

Explanation:

This answer would be false, simply because Washington extremely discouraged the formation of political parties altogether. He predicted that it would only divide our great nation, and he was right.

7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
What do you know about the types of human resources and their importance? ​
german

Answer:

What is human resources? Human resources is the department within a company or organization that oversees the management and development of employees. This includes all aspects of the employee hiring process, such as recruiting, interviewing, hiring and training.

Explanation:

hope this helps

3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
what are the major forms of transportation used in Neverlands, and where do they go? I need a written response, (it can be a lit
Leni [432]

Explanation: The main public transport in the Netherlands for longer distances is by train. Long-distance buses are limited to a few missing railway connections. Regional and local public transport is by bus, and in some cities by metro and tram. There are also ferries.

5 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • Miguel has been providing couples' counseling to saundra and steven for a couple of years and was recently invited to attend the
    5·1 answer
  • Frankie is participating in a memory experiment in which a researcher asks him to memorize a list of words. the list includes th
    14·1 answer
  • Andre was given ten cards to look at by his therapist and was asked what they might be. although it was clear to andre that the
    8·1 answer
  • Leslie, a first-grade teacher, recently received a pink slip notice informing her that she would be laid off next year. She has
    14·1 answer
  • What is the best clear lipgloss brand
    9·2 answers
  • How many major drainage systems are there in new york state?
    9·1 answer
  • What impact did climate have on the settlement of georgia A. Few settlers stayed on georgia due to frequent droughts B. Georgia
    9·1 answer
  • Which of the following is not a goal of federal economic policy?
    14·2 answers
  • List of six popular folk musical instruments of Nepalese society and give introduction of anyone​
    15·1 answer
  • Which office did the framers design to be directly elected by the people?.
    11·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!